Short for solid-state drive, SSD is the type of storage device that deliver fast performance for your computers or mobile devices.
If you want to carry a lot of data on the go, access them fast, and have the peace of mind on security—and who doesn’t?—you’ll be interested in what Western Digital announced today, the ArmorLock Security Platform. An all-new solution for data protection It’s a platform because it includes both …
Micron had some big news today for fans of portable SSDs. The memory maker announced the all-new Crucial X6 portable SSD and the latest 2 TB version of the existing Crucial X8 drive it leased late last year. Crucial X6: Slower but tiny and light Unlike the X8, which was …
Western Digital today announced its latest My Passport SSD portable drive. Yes, that popular one with the name as the one released two years ago, which was almost the same as the one released before that. But I’m happy to report that the 2020 version is an entirely different storage …
If you’re about to upgrade your computer to an NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) or have one laying around and want to turn it into a portable drive, you’ll find this Alxum Aluminum M.2 NVME SSD Enclosure quite handy. While ready-made NVMe-based portable drives, such as the Crucial X8, can be …
The Seagate IronWolf 510 SSD is not a traditional NVMe solid-state drive. It’s the first in the market designed for NAS servers. The thing is, there aren’t many servers intended for it. Yet. Indeed, most home NAS servers use regular hard drives or SATA SSDs—like the IronWolf 110 or WD …
The Silicon Power PC60 is not a novelty, yet it manages to be somewhat of a one-of-a-kind storage device. The new portable solid-state drive (SSD) is super-light, ultra-compact, and delivered excellent performance in testing, though not the fastest I’ve seen. Available soon in capacities ranging from 240 GB to 960 …
The P34A80 SSD (model A80) is Silicon-Power’s first full NVMe solid-state drive, and, just like the name, it seems quite generic. The drive doesn’t have anything special of its own. But the standard SSD has one thing going to itself, the price. Considering the current cost of as low as …
The new WD Blue SN550 is a significant upgrade to the previous budget-minded SN500 solid-state drive (SSD). The new internal storage device has double the connection bandwidth and capacity, capping at 1TB. Most importantly, it’s also more affordable, costing as low as just 10 cents per gigabyte. At its core, …
The WD Red SA500 SSD is Western Digital’s formidable contender to Seagate’s IronWolf 110. The new NAS-centric solid-state drive proved to be faster than its rival in my testing. Most importantly, it costs significantly less, just around 15 cents per gigabyte, than some 25 cents of the Seagate. And it’s …
If you’re looking for a super-fast portable drive, there’s now a new and possibly excellent option. Crucial, the memory and storage brand of Micron, announced today its first mobile storage device, the Crucial X8 Portable SSD. Update: The full review of the Crucial X8 is available here. Crucial X8: A …
